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America gripped by second night of fury over not guilty verdict for neighbourhood watch man who shot black teenager armed only with a bag of Skittles

Protests spread across the country
Sunday in a second day of demonstrations in the wake of the sensational
not-guilty verdict for George Zimmerman after he shot dead unarmed
teenager Trayvon Martin.

Demonstrations,
from Florida where the trial took place to Atlanta, DC and New York,
remained largely peaceful, though Los Angeles protesters managed to shut
down an entire freeway and thousands of New Yorkers mobbed Times Square
and blocked traffic for an hour.

Emotional
crowds screamed 'Justice for Trayvon' and carried signs that likened
the struggle of the slain teen and his supporters to that of the
original civil rights movement.

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Reaction: Throngs of marches gather on Times
Square as they listen to a speaker. Protests spread across the country
Sunday in a second day of demonstrations in the wake of the sensational
not-guilty verdict for George Zimmerman

Fever pitch: Activists demand justice for
Trayvon Martin after marching to Times Square from New York's Union
Square July 14. The march continued uptown toward Harlem as tensions
mounted and arrests began

Massive protest: In Times Square on Sunday,
thousands rally in response to the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the
Trayvon Martin trial

Solidarity: Protestors chanted 'Justice for
Trayvon' into the night at rallies across America, including a gathering
of thousands in New York City's Times Square on Sunday night

Sonia Medina, of Suwanee, Ga., holds a sign
while joining a protest the day after George Zimmerman was found not
guilty in the 2012 shooting death of teenager Trayvon Martin, Sunday,
July 14, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Flare up: Police try to calm a screaming
protestor in Manhattan. Tensions flared as a group of thousands marched
toward Harlem late Sunday and arrests began before 11pm

'Justice for Trayvon': Protestors of all races
and backgrounds swarmed Times Square, angry at the George Zimmerman
acquittal. 'Justice for Trayvon' was the night's call to arms

Enough protestors had gathered on foot in Los Angeles to shut down the city's 10 freeway.

With cars backed up in their wake, the mob chanted their rallying cry: 'Who's streets? Our street, our freeway.'

Police
were unable to clear the roadway and allow traffic to pass until around
7pm and photos show a face-to-face clash between cops and protestors on
the highway.

Elsewhere in Los Angeles, protestors have had confrontations with police, according to NBC4, which reports that LAPD has fired rubber bullets into the crowd.

Bean
bag rounds were also used to disperse the Los Angeles crowd and police
said D cell batteries and rocks had been thrown at them.

As the night began to wear on in the City of Angels, protests became more serious.

Clash: Police and protestors meet head on as the
demonstrators take to a Los Angeles freeway on foot Sunday, blocking
all traffic. The I-10 freeway was cleared and reopened by 7pm

Police line up against a crowd of demonstrators on the Interstate 10 freeway

Battle-ready: Police in riot gear convene on the I-10 freeway in Los Angeles Sunday evening as one protestors is arrested

Bold: Many demonstrators in cities across the
U.S. demanded 'Justice for Trayvon' as they marched through streets,
squares, and in the case of Los Angeles, a major freeway

Plan: LAPD cuts off Hollywood Blvd from Orange to Highland

An LAPD vehicle and a local news van were surrounded by angry Angelenos.

Some
protestors climbed atop cars. Some of the cars were even moving,
carrying the demonstrators down city streets toward Hollywood, where
people would later fill and block the busy Hollywood and Highland Avenue
intersection.

Five hundred chanting demonstrators had gathered in one of the the marches through Los Angeles streets by 10pm.

At
New York City's Middle Collegiate Church in Manhattan, congregants wore
hooded sweatshirts - as the 17-year-old Martin did the night he was
shot.

Camaraderie: Trayvon Martin supporters hold a
speakers legs as she addresses the formidable crowd that gathered in
demonstration Sunday night in Times Square

Keeping the peace? An officer prevents a man
from marching on Times Square, where thousands gathered Sunday to
protest George Zimmerman's acquittal in the murder of Trayvon Martin

Massive: The crowd of pro-Trayvon Martin
protestors swelled in Times Square, where they marched from Union Square
on Sunday before continuing uptown

Impressive crowd: A shot from high up shows the Times Square crowds considerable size

Peaceful protest: Solange Knowles spoke out in
protest over George Zimmerman's not guilty verdict at a gathering in
Brooklyn, New York on Sunday

Brooklyn: Solange Knowles, held a rally for
Trayvon Martin, against the Zimmerman verdict, at Brooklyn's Borough
Hall, in Brooklyn, New York on Sunday as other demonstrations raged
nationwide

Armed and ready: LAPD lines up with cars eager
to continue their commutes at their back after protestors shut down a
freeway Sunday

'I'm sure jurors did
what they felt was right in accordance with the law,' said congregant
Jessica Nacinovich. 'But maybe the law is wrong, maybe society is wrong.
There's a lot that needs fixing.'

Good thing we didn't think this way when it came to the British treatment of those living in the American colonies; good thing we didn't think this about those dumb abolitionists; glad we didn't think this way over those stupid women who wanted the vote; and what about the silly Civil Rights people in the early 60's?

Sadly, there were always people like you saying, "Get over it" about injustices. Luckily, there are more of "us" than there are of "you."

And, following your line of "reasoning," we also don't know the many children in this country who get abducted and murdered. Should we also not pay attention to them because we "don't even know the damn kid?"

Apathy.

Quoting philoboysmommy:

This is just dumb!! There is nothing these people can do!! Get over it!! They didn't even know the damn kid. And don't know the whole story only 3 people do.

This feels like the 1960's . Racism is still alive in America. We haven't made much progress ..... Sad,isn't it.
The Florida court and the prejudiced citizens have decided to make it legal to shoot a teen in a hoodie,mainly because of how he looked,nothing much else.
This is a sad sad episode in our history.

Why isn't the general public this upset about the 4 people needlessly killed in Benghazi? What about the IRS scandal? The NSA stealing all of our information? What about how horrible obamacare is? What about 21 million illegals who shouldn't be here and that the U.S. can't afford? What about securing the boarders?

Those are the real things people should be upset about and should be protesting how horrible the POTUS is and all the illegal things he has done.

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